Improving knowledge about disability transitions by adding retrospective information to panel surveys. Population Health Metrics

Population Health Metrics

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Laditka, James N ^a   Wolf, Douglas A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISABILITY; DISEASE DURATION; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PANEL STUDY; PHASE TRANSITION; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SIMULATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846026756     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14787954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-7954-4-16     Document Type: Article

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